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package java.rmi.registry;

import java.rmi.RemoteException;
import java.rmi.UnknownHostException;

/**
 * <code>RegistryHandler</code> is an interface used internally by the RMI
 * runtime in previous implementation versions.  It should never be accessed
 * by application code.
 *
 * @author Ann Wollrath
 * @since JDK1.1
 * @deprecated no replacement
 */
@Deprecated
public interface RegistryHandler {

  /**
   * Returns a "stub" for contacting a remote registry
   * on the specified host and port.
   *
   * @param host name of remote registry host
   * @param port remote registry port
   * @return remote registry stub
   * @throws RemoteException if a remote error occurs
   * @throws UnknownHostException if unable to resolve given hostname
   * @deprecated no replacement.  As of the Java 2 platform v1.2, RMI no longer uses the
   * <code>RegistryHandler</code> to obtain the registry's stub.
   */
  @Deprecated
  Registry registryStub(String host, int port)
      throws RemoteException, UnknownHostException;

  /**
   * Constructs and exports a Registry on the specified port.
   * The port must be non-zero.
   *
   * @param port port to export registry on
   * @return registry stub
   * @throws RemoteException if a remote error occurs
   * @deprecated no replacement.  As of the Java 2 platform v1.2, RMI no longer uses the
   * <code>RegistryHandler</code> to obtain the registry's implementation.
   */
  @Deprecated
  Registry registryImpl(int port) throws RemoteException;
}
